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RSS mouthpiece, Sudarshan News scribes cook up MP rape convict’s name, add communal twist

Kinjal28th October 2022

Recently, the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court delivered its verdict on an appeal made by a rape convict and reduced his life sentence to 20 years’ rigorous…

Body found in Gurugram: Woman’s murder by husband falsely given communal twist

Kalim Ahmed20th October 2022

[Warning: Visuals may be distressing for some. Reader discretion is advised.] A 53-second video clip of police officers investigating a suitcase stuffed with the dead body of a young woman…

Video of Muslim man’s memorial being razed in Andhra Pradesh viral with communal spin

Kalim Ahmed17th October 2022

A 25-second-long video clip of a group of men, who appear to be Muslims, breaking the gates of a structure is widely circulating on social media. This viral clip is…

Man offering prayer at Hanuman temple in Prayagraj not a Muslim, confirm police

Mahaprajna Nayak19th September 2022

A video of a man allegedly offering namaz in a temple in Prayagraj has gone viral on social media. UttarPradesh.org, a regional news portal in Uttar Pradesh, describes how a…

News of Mysore engineering student’s murder viral with communal spin

Kalim Ahmed & Archit8th September 20228th September 2022

On September 2, Star of Mysore, an evening newspaper from the city of Mysuru, reported that a 21-year-old engineering student, Apoorva Shetty, was found murdered in a private hotel on…

Zee Hindustan gives communal spin to video of elderly woman tortured in Pakistan over land dispute

Abhishek Kumar1st September 2022

A video of a woman being dragged by a man is circulating widely on social media. The footage also shows several people, including some women, holding her by the hair…

Fact Check: Were grocery shops owned by Hindus set on fire in Bangladesh?

Shinjinee Majumder10th August 202210th August 2022

Several images that portray the aftermath of a fire accident have gone viral on social media with the claim that six grocery shops owned by Hindus were set on fire…

Fake Twitter account posing as ‘Har Har Shambu’ song fame Farmani Naaz viral

Kinjal8th August 20228th August 2022

Recently, singer Farmani Naaz’s cover of the song ‘Har Har Shambhu’ has become quite popular. Abhilipsa Panda sang the original version of the song and both versions of the song…

Fact-check: Christians praying to Hindu deity for peacefully building church?

Aritraa Dey4th August 20225th August 2022

A photo of a woman in a catholic nun outfit offering prayers to a photograph of the Hindu deity Ganesha is viral on social media. It appears to be a…

Protest march against IAS district collector in Kerala viral with false communal spin

Shinjinee Majumder3rd August 20224th August 2022

A video of a protest march in Kerala is viral with the claim that it is of Muslims opposing the appointment of the new “Brahmin” district collector of Alappuzha. It…

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Security guards stabbed in suspected hate crime in Mumbai’s Mira Road; ATS joins probe

Clash in Murshidabad? Old video from Varanasi given communal spin, falsely linked to Bengal polls